In the pre-dawn hours of July 30, 2024, 35-year-old Travis Ragsdale was found unresponsive on the ground at a vacant house on Thompson Store Road in Vernon-hill, Virginia, having suffered a fatal gunshot wound. Emergency medical personnel pronounced him dead after arriving shortly after the 1:20 a.m. incident.

The Halifax County Sheriff’s Office investigated the killing and at one point offered a reward for information. Family members described Ragsdale as selfless, kind and driven, and said his death compounded recent hardships for the family. In late September, 25-year-old Raqwan Thompson of South Carolina was arrested in Richland County after a search warrant was executed and was charged with Second Degree Murder and Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony; he was being held without bond pending extradition to Halifax County.

Did anyone in the Vernon-hill area see activity near the Thompson Store Road property around July 30, 2024, or have information about Ragsdale’s last known movements?